Dessert

5-Layer Ice Cream Cake

“Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos.” – Don Kardong, 1976 U.S. Olympic Marathoner About two weeks ago I was standing in my grandma’s kitchen while she got dessert ready for everyone. “This is a trick I learned from Tutu*,” she said as she pushed small scoops of vanilla ice cream onto cones […]

FM’s Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes

After spending so much time dreaming up Cupcake Week earlier this year with Lolly, I’ve been suffering from a very serious disease known as CCW (Cupcake Withdrawal). So when I found out that The Gourmet Girl Magazine was hosting a virtual cupcake crawl this week, I, of course, had to take the necessary course of […]

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie High

Nestle Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie Recipe from Nestle Classic Recipes, 20031 unbaked 9-inch (4-cup volume) deep-dish pie shell* 2 large eggs 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, softened 1 cup (6 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate morsels 1 cup chopped pecans Serve with ice […]

Fuji Mama’s Favorite Cupcake: Black Bottom Cupcakes

Fuji Nana’s Black Bottom Cupcakes Makes 30 cupcakes 1 chocolate cake mix (I prefer to use a Devil’s Food cake mix) 1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese 1 egg, beaten slightly 1/3 cup sugar 1 cup chocolate chips 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line cupcake tins with paper baking cups and spray lightly […]

Double Decker Carrot Spice Cake—“It’s a mountain.”

FM’s Double Decker Carrot Spice Cake Cake: 4 eggs 3/4 cup oil 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 Tablespoon cinnamon 1/4 tsp. nutmeg 3 cups grated carrots 1 cup […]

Daring to go flourless and machine free: Flourless Chocolate Cake and Vanilla Ice Cream

Aaaah, it’s nice to be able to participate in the Daring Bakers challenge again! This month’s task was very approachable, a nice way to ease back into cooking. We were asked to bake a flourless chocolate cake and to make our own ice cream as an accompaniment. The February 2009 challenge is hosted by Wendy […]

Mmm…chocolate: Easy Chocolate Truffles

Hi, my name is KD and I am a chocoholic. I can’t remember the last time I could get through the day without having a piece of chocolate. Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, white chocolate, hot chocolate! I love them all! In preparation for Valentine’s Day and in honor of my fellow chocoholic, LFM, I present […]

One Good Loaf: Cheating with Fruit Cake

Ellie’s Fruit Cake 1 c. vegetable oil 1 1/3 c. sugar 1/4 c. molasses 4 eggs 2 c. flour 1 tsp. baking powder 2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. nutmeg 1 c. orange juice 1 c. more sifted flour 2 2/3 c. (15-oz.) seedless raisins 2 c. (1 lb.) cut-up dates 2 c. […]

Schaum Brötle–"little foam cookies"

Update 12/8/09: I’m excited to be a featured blogger on Oprah.com for Oprah.com’s Holiday 2009 blow-out ~ come see our favorite holiday recipes! The Fujis made it safely to Utah, just before a snowstorm hit–phew! As I type this post I can look out the window of my MIL’s kitchen and watch snow softly falling, […]

Stollen Expectations—German Christmas Stollen with Marzipan

This week for One Good Loaf I cheated.I made stollen instead of bread. I know, I know, it’s more of a cake not bread, but my doctor has restricted my activities and so I have to carefully pick and choose what I’m going to do during the week, and this week there was just no […]

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